origin

Origin is the start, center or beginning of something or the place where a person comes from. (noun)

See origin in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a coming into existence or use; beginning
parentage; birth; lineage
that in which something has its beginning; source; root; cause
Anat. the less movable of the two points of attachment of a muscle, usually the end attached to the more rigid part of the skeleton
Math.
1. in a system of Cartesian coordinates, the point at which the axes intersect; base point where the abscissa and ordinate equal zero
2. any zero reference point from which measurement begins

See origin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ôrˈə-jĭn, ŏrˈ-)

noun

The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
Ancestry: “We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try” (James Baldwin).
The fact of originating; rise or derivation: The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.
Anatomy The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.
Mathematics The point of intersection of coordinate axes, as in the Cartesian coordinate system.

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